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Briefing paper

Briefing paper

Social security and welfare spending in Australia: assessing long-term trends


This brief draws mainly on OECD data from 1980-2014 and on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data about social security payments to households.
Briefing paper

Need for legal assistance services: developing a measure for Australia


This paper describes the development of the Foundation’s Need for Legal Assistance (NLAS) indicator which uses census data to assess potential demand by geographic location.
Briefing paper

Saving the South China Sea fishery: time to internationalise


The South China Sea fishery is being depleted at an unsustainable rate and in a destructive manner.
Briefing paper

2016 Census: regional spotlight


This visual summary of results from the 2016 Census looks at population growth in regional areas.
Briefing paper

Foreign political donations


This e-brief discusses current restrictions on political donations in NSW and other Australian jurisdictions in the light of recent media reports on donations from foreign and foreign-linked donors.